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EU Touts Billions in Spending on "Climate Finance"
October 28, 2016
The European Commission has announced that EU institutions and member states contributed €17.6 billion to combat and lessen the impacts of global warming in poor countries as part of plans to spend at least 20 percent of its budget on "climate-related action" in the years 2014-2020.
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EU Parliament Calls for Watchdog on Justice and Rights
October 27, 2016
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the EU to establish a watchdog to administer a "binding EU mechanism" requiring member states "to monitor and report annually on their records" in the fields of democracy, the rule of law, and fundamental rights.
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EU Pledges to Advance UN's Urban Agenda
October 27, 2016
At the UN "Habitat III" Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, the European Commission pledged to advance the UN's social and environmental agenda by promoting "sustainable development" in cities within and outside its borders.
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Agency Seeks Centralized EU Justice Rules
October 27, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights will host an event in November in Bratislava, Slovakia, focusing on cross-border access to justice in the EU and promoting common rules on justice systems throughout the bloc.
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CETA Delay Signals Future EU Trade Struggles
October 26, 2016
Paul Taylor writes that the delays and potential failure of the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement due to the objections of a Belgian regional government show the difficulty of rallying the support of 28 different member states behind a single trade deal and signal the future struggles of EU leaders in negotiating external free trade agreements.
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